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WRITTEN FOR THE AMUSEMENT OF
HER HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL
BY THE AUTHOR OF THE CHOICE EMBLEMS, &C. &C.
Nature here Wantons as in her prime, and plays at will Her virgin fancies. MILTON.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR GEORGE RILEY, BOOKSELLER, IN CURZON-STREET, MAY-FAIR.
AND SOLD BY JOHN WILKIE, ST. PAUL’S-CHURCH-YARD. MDCCLXXIII.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LADY CHARLOTTE FINCH.
THESE NEW FABLES WRITTEN FOR THE AMUSEMENT
OF
HER HIGHNESS,
CHARLOTTE,
PRINCESS ROYAL OF ENGLAND.
ARE MOST HUMBLY DEDICATED BY
HER LADYSHIP’S
MOST HUMBLE
AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.